What (who) is nucleus - definition
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nucleus
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Nuclei; Nuecleus; Nucleus (disambiguation); Nucleic; Nucleus (album); Nucleas
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core
to form a nucleus
nucleus
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Nuclei; Nuecleus; Nucleus (disambiguation); Nucleic; Nucleus (album); Nucleas
(nuclei)
1.
The nucleus of an atom or cell is the central part of it.
Neutrons and protons are bound together in the nucleus of an atom.
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2.
The nucleus of a group of people or things is the small number of members which form the most important part of the group.
The Civic Movement could be the nucleus of a centrist party of the future.
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nucleus
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Nuclei; Nuecleus; Nucleus (disambiguation); Nucleic; Nucleus (album); Nucleas
['nju:kl??s]
¦ noun (plural nuclei -l???)
1. the central and most important part of an object or group.
2. Physics the positively charged central core of an atom, containing nearly all its mass.
3. Biology a structure present in most cells, containing the genetic material.
4. a discrete mass of grey matter in the central nervous system.
Origin
C18: from L., lit. 'kernel, inner part', dimin. of nux, nuc- 'nut'.
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Nucleus
Nucleus (PL: nuclei) is a Latin word for the seed inside a fruit. It most often refers to:
- Atomic nucleus, the very dense central region of an atom
- Cell nucleus, a central organelle of a eukaryotic cell, containing most of the cell's DNA
Nucleus may also refer to:
Pronunciation examples for nucleus
1. nucleus.
New Elements, and Exploding Whales
2. the comet nucleus.
Rosetta - to Catch a Comet _ Mark McCaughrean
3. called the nucleus.
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4. to the nucleus.
Automated Science Operation Scheduling _ Steve Chien _ Talks at Google
5. of the nucleus.
Automated Science Operation Scheduling _ Steve Chien _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of nucleus
1. To clone an embryo, scientists pluck the nucleus from a donated cell, often from skin, and squirt it into an egg that has had its own nucleus removed.
2. Both belonged to the kibbutz?s founding nucleus of settlers.
3. Such diseases, which are known as mitochondrial, arise from DNA found outside the nucleus and thus inherited separately from DNA in the nucleus.
4. Scientists transfer genetic material from the nucleus of a donor adult cell to an egg whose nucleus –– with its genetic material –– has been removed.
5. In SCNT, the nucleus of an unfertilized egg is replaced with the nucleus of an ordinary body cell that contains a full set of genetic information.